While a lot of movies are works of fiction there’s a hefty amount of films being made based on real events and about real people. Sometimes the movie is more about what happened and what event occurred and the characters are made up. But when a movie is meant to tell a story of a real life person, it’s pretty important to make sure the actor or actress who gets cast to play the part actually looks the part. Hollywood doesn’t always get this right, but they try. So let’s take a look at some of the actors and people they played side by side. White it’s obvious that it’s not always a perfect match when it comes to appearance, in some of these movies the resemblance between the actor and the real person is uncanny.
1. Elton John – Taron Egerton
2. Queen Elizabeth II – Olivia Colman
3. Fred Rogers – Tom Hanks
4. Ted Bundy – Zac Efron
5. Sully Sullenberger – Tom Hanks
6. Billie Jean King – Emma Stone
7. Abraham Lincoln – Daniel Day Lewis
8. Katherine Johnson – Taraji P. Henson
9. Aileen Wuornos – Charlize Theron
10. Elizabeth Gilbert – Julia Roberts
11. Queen Elizabeth II – Helen Mirren
12. Nelson Mandela – Idris Elba
13. Princess Diana – Naomi Watts
14. Ray Charles – Jamie Foxx
15. Sharon Tate – Margot Robbie
16. Steve Jobs – Ashton Kutcher
17. Muhammad Ali – Will Smith
18. Jackie Kennedy – Natalie Portman
19. Chris Gardner – Will Smith
20. Kris Jenner – Selma Blair
21. Judy Garland – Renée Zellweger
22. Ken Miles – Christian Bale